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• Mysterious unlit boat speeds through the River Thames

  08-10-2026 21:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageA mysterious vessel has been spotted speeding on the River Thames under the cover of darkness.The unidentified object was spotted by Emanuele Biasiol, 31, as he was having a cigarette on his balcony in the Isle of Dogs on Tuesday night.Footage appears to show an unlit vessel travelling at high speed and creating wash, as it travels southbound towards Greenwi
  
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• Mystery over Texas Democrat James Talarico's nearly two-week campaign hiatus as his opponents demand 'proof of life' and he cancels events

  09-10-2026 20:08 via dailymail.com
  
  In the final stretch of campaigning before the Nov. 3 election, US Senate candidate James Talarico has been missing from the campaign trial for 13 days, with his staff struggling to say when he'll be back.
  
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• Celebrity Traitors 2026 live: Hannah Fry's hilarious recruitment letter contains clue

  09-10-2026 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: Contains spoilers! Richard E Grant was 'annihilated' at the show's first Round Table - closely followed by Myha'la, with three stars marked out for murder tonight
  
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• Scarlett Moffatt welcomes second baby with fiancé and reveals quirky name

  09-10-2026 20:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Scarlett Moffatt has welcomed the birth of her second child with fiancé Scott Dobinson (Picture: Instagram)Scarlett Moffatt has announced the arrival of her second child with fiancé Scott Dobinson, revealing they have welcomed a baby boy named Clark Xander.The Gogglebox star, 35, shared a series of sweet photos on Instagram on Friday, including snaps of herself cuddling her newborn in hospital.Alongside the pictures, Scarlett revealed that Clark arrived earlier than expected and h
  
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• Irn-Bru lorry stolen in Cumbernauld as 'Bru-bandits' vanish with 41,000 bottles

  09-10-2026 20:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Irn-Bru says thieves who stole one of their lorries in Cumbernauld have made off with a haul worth £30,000, with the hunt now on for more than 41,000 bottles
  
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• Fight at the museum: How 'security guard' Claudia is entertaining Bayeux Tapestry queuers

  09-10-2026 19:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Traitors' host Claudia Winkleman has got herself another gig cheering up bored queuers at the British Museum in Londonwaiting hours to see the Bayeux Tapestry.
  
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• US servicewoman who killed UK couple in head-on crash when she lost concentration for 'just under two seconds' avoids jail

  09-10-2026 19:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Jasmine Dessaure, 37, based at RAF Mildenhall (pictured), caused a near head-on collision with Dilipan Sebastiampillai, 43, and his 41-year-old wife Dorota.
  
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• Why was he freed to kill Stacey? Mother-of-three stabbed to death by abusive ex in jealous rage

  09-10-2026 19:49 via dailymail.com
  
  A violent thug stabbed his ex-partner to death after being spared jail for an earlier assault on her in the latest indictment of the SNP's 'soft-touch' justice system.
  
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• Saleswoman who faked doctor's note about cancer treatment and made up evidence of sex assaults in two failed employment tribunals is jailed for four years

  09-10-2026 19:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Louise Gallagher, 50, produced bogus evidence while suing distribution giant Bunzl for sex discrimination and mounted a separate unfair dismissal claim against Essity.
  
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• Married prison officer jailed after secret six-month relationship with inmate

  09-10-2026 19:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jade Morris, from Homer, Herefordshire, will spent 12 years behind bars after prison officials at HMP Long Lartin uncovered her relationship with jailed gangmember Jerome Nunes
  
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• Russian government planes 'left trapped in the air and unable to land' amid Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow

  09-10-2026 19:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Flight tracking data showed four planes from the presidential Special Flight Squadron were caught in the disruption as they returned from Turkmenistan.
  
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• Neighbors reveal house proud executive's strange behavior in months before he killed himself, wife and daughter in New Jersey mansion massacre

  09-10-2026 19:45 via dailymail.com
  
  David Grodnick, 61, his wife Lora, 62, and their daughter Sloane, 24, were all found with gunshot wounds inside the family's Montgomery Township, New Jersey, home.
  
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• Cause of death revealed four months after personal trainer Elena Moore mysteriously died in the woods after being seen at Planet Fitness

  09-10-2026 19:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Elena Moore, 39, disappeared after checking in at a Planet Fitness in Lexington in June of this year, her body was found in a wooded area a week later.
  
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• Christa Pike predicted botched execution horror in ‘scary’ comment before injection

  09-10-2026 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christa Pike survived two lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital in a death chamber in Tennessee, but was left with severe burns and blisters on her arms
  
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• How 'security guard' Claudia is entertaining bored Bayeux Tapestry queuers

  09-10-2026 19:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Traitors' host Claudia Winkleman has got herself another gig cheering up bored queuers at the British Museum in Londonwaiting hours to see the Bayeux Tapestry.
  
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• Earth, Wind & Fire star John Paris’ family reveals ‘frightening’ reason for two-month hospitalisation

  09-10-2026 19:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  John Paris was rushed to hospital following a cardiac incident (Picture: Chris McKay/Getty Images)The family of Earth, Wind & Fire star John Paris has revealed ‘frightening’ details of his hospitalisation.Paris was hospitalised in August after suffering a ‘cardiac incident’, and was put into a medically induced coma.The band had been due to perform with Lionel Richie at San Francisco’s Chase Center when the 58-year-old drummer took a turn, leading to emergency
  
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• Care nurse 'accidentally' switches off schoolgirl's life support for nearly six minutes before death

  09-10-2026 19:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joy Osundeko died months after a care nurse switched off her ventilator by "accident", though the company responsible for her care has denied the incident caused her death
  
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• Controversial Green MSP Q Manivannan gets to stay... for now

  09-10-2026 19:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Controversial Green MSP Q Manivannan has been handed a new visa by the Home Office, he claims, allowing him to stay in the UK for a further three years.
  
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• Tragedy of the torture victim left to die in tower fall after 999 blunder

  09-10-2026 19:26 via dailymail.com
  
  A man who fell from a tower block after being tortured in a high-rise flat died after police were sent to the wrong floors following a 999 blunder, a sheriff has ruled.
  
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• UK and allies stand up to Donald Trump and US over International Criminal Court sanctions

  09-10-2026 19:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The remaining G7 nations - the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan - as well as Denmark and the Netherlands, said they "regret and strongly disagree with" the US sanctions on the International Criminal Court
  
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• Midwest police chief fears serial killer may be to blame after five bodies were found along river

  09-10-2026 19:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Police believe the victims, all white men between ages 22 and 70, were homeless and lying down when they were 'injured' during early morning hours.
  
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• Mental health charity sprays city streets in graffiti - 'it could be life-saving'

  09-10-2026 19:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Graffiti-style quotes have appeared on the streets of London as part of a new campaign designed to get Brits talking.
  
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• Someone in London has won £5,800,000 on the lottery and doesn’t know it

  09-10-2026 19:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  One lucky person has won life-changing money and may not realise (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)Someone in London is rich beyond their wildest dreams and doesn’t even know it.The search is on for the owner of a Lotto ticket worth an incredible £5.8million, bought in Lewisham, since the jackpot winner has yet to come forward.Purchased ahead of the Sunday, September 26, draw, the ticket matched all six main numbers in Round 1 of the draw to scoop the whopping jackpot of £5,8
  
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• Woman, 35, found in burning van after being 'murdered' was pregnant - and 'could have been alive when set alight'

  09-10-2026 19:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Emergency services rushed to reports of a vehicle on fire in the seaside town of Prestatyn, North Wales, at around 11.30pm on Sunday.
  
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• Life and crimes of the Wee Man. He recast himself as a reformed hard man... but Paul Ferris could never escape his blood-soaked gangland past

  09-10-2026 19:06 via dailymail.com
  
  When Paul Ferris died in a hospital bed this week, he left behind a dark legacy of uncompromising brutality.
  
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• Cornell Jane Doe's lawyer trashes new texts that suggest alleged gang-rape was consensual and says she was suffering from 'delayed recognition' when she sent them

  09-10-2026 19:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Attorney Thomas Giuffra told the Daily Mail that his client, identified under the pseudonym Jane Doe, maintains her allegations that she was drugged and sexually assaulted at the fraternity in October 2024.
  
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• Neighbours are teed off after company director gets to keep golf simulator in garden shed - despite putting wrong height on planning application

  09-10-2026 19:02 via dailymail.com
  
  The timber building is sound-proofed for indoor golf at the bottom of company director Pete Bransky's garden (pictured) in Highcliffe, Dorset.
  
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• Medal awarded to Scots cop who hunted Jack the Ripper could fetch thousands when it goes under the hammer

  09-10-2026 19:00 via dailymail.com
  
  The medal awarded to the Scottish police inspector who led the Jack the Ripper investigation has emerged for sale for £2,000.
  
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• I slept with my ex 10 years later — then he blocked me

  09-10-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Forty minutes later, it became two more cocktails, and I was now taking bug gulps (Picture: Getty Images/Westend61)‘I had a great time’, I sent this message over WhatsApp to Adam* the day after he left my flat, still swooning and giggling.After hitting send, I noticed it showed just one grey tick.Maybe he didn’t have any reception, I considered – and went about my day.Around an hour later, I checked again. Still one grey tick. Also, I noticed his profile picture wasn&rsq
  
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• 'Every American should feel shame over US regime's morally bankrupt plot to live stream execution'

  09-10-2026 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "Under Donald Trump, the Pentagon is pressing ahead with a spectacle that should have been buried with the darkest chapters of American history"
  
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